"Civilization is hideously fragile... there's not much between us and the Horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish."

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Source : C.P. Snow (2011). “A Coat Of Varnish”, p.43, House of Stratus

C.P. Snow

#Civilization Quotes #Coats Quotes #Horror Quotes

“I've had an experience through music that has touched almost every part of me. It educated me in ways that I didn't get educated in school. So we try to lay on a bit of that, through being funny, being serious, playing hard.”
“It grossed something like 12 million dollars and started a cycle of so-called boy-meets-ghoul horror films.”
“The thought of eating rabbit and squirrels doesn't appeal to me. And that was on our table quite often as a kid. In your uppity restaurants, they serve a lot of rabbit. But I just can't help but think of Peter. And deer, I can't go there, because of Bambi.”
“Why are men reluctant to become fathers? They aren't through being children.”
“I believe that one of the great pleasures that we derive from voyaging is that of independence, and we have found that the best guarantee of that independence comes from simplicity.”
“Passion is the degree of difficulty we are willing to endure to accomplish the goal.”

Source : Louie Giglio (2014). “PASSION: The Bright Light of Glory”, p.6, Thomas Nelson Inc
“There are always consequences to actions that you take. There are consequences to inaction. And thinking through, asking the questions, "Well, then what happens? What comes next?" is critically important.”

Source : Interview with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. January 26, 2015.
“Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy.”

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